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QUESTION Dear Compass, My wonderful Christian grandmother passed away recently. I know she is in heaven with our Lord. My question is, does she look down and see me? Does she know the things I do? I know there is no pain or suffering in heaven so it would make sense that she couldnt see those things. Does an angel tell her when good things have happened to her family? Or is she rejoicing with the Lord so much she doesnt have time to think of us any longer? ANSWER There are not a lot of verses dealing with what happens after someone dies. But of those available to study, we can determine a few facts. In the Luke 16 story (not a parable) of the rich man and Lazarus, you find the persons who have died were fully cognizant in their new surroundings—Lazarus waiting for the Messiah to pay for his sins so he could go to heaven; the rich man being tormented in Hades as he waited for judgment day and hell. If, therefore, in hell you were aware of family back on earth, it would seem highly likely that in heaven you would also be aware of your relatives back on earth. You cant assume that there wont be any pain in heaven until after God wipes away the former things that will not be remembered in the New Heaven and Earth. He will swallow up death for all time, And the Lord GOD will wipe tears away from all faces, And He will remove the reproach of His people from all the earth; For the LORD has spoken. —Isaiah 25:8 and He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away. And He who sits on the throne said, Behold, I am making all things new. And He said, Write, for these words are faithful and true. —Revelation 21:4-5 In Revelation 6:9-11, we see multitudes in heaven aware of the persecution of believers back on earth. Although it is unclear whether these slain because of the Word of God are viewing the activities or just reporting how they were just killed, they certainly are aware of the continued slaying by the antichrists activities. When the Lamb broke the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God, and because of the testimony which they had maintained; and they cried out with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, will You refrain from judging and avenging our blood on those who dwell on the earth? And there was given to each of them a white robe; and they were told that they should rest for a little while longer, until the number of their fellow servants and their brethren who were to be killed even as they had been, would be completed also. —Revelation 6:9-11 As far as the angels giving updates to your grandmother, that too is at least possible. It seems that all heaven knows when a sinner on earth repents. According to Luke 15:10, if your grandmother happens to be in the presence of the angels when they break out into joyous celebration over the repentance of one of your family members, shell get an earful. In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents. —Luke 15:10 There are a lot of people who seem to use the death of a close relative as new motivation to do what is right because now they can see all I do. Although this may have some shallow temporal benefit, we think it probably comes across as a type of slap in Gods face as we should be more motivated to do what is right for God than our family.
Posted on: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 17:24:12 +0000

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